Original Face

The original face is a term in Zen Buddhism, pointing to the nonduality of subject and object.

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    “He had been a lad of whom something was expected. Beyond this all had been chaos. That he would be successful in an original way, or that he would go to the dogs in an original way, seemed equally probable. The only absolute certainty about him was that he would not stand still in the circumstances amid which he was born.”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “Remember then our only shape is death
    When mask and face are nailed apart at last.
    Range-finding laughter, and ambush of tears,
    Machine-gun practice on the heart’s desires....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)